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Attribute to Joseph V. Del Raso, Esq., National Italian American Foundation Chairman (NIAF) and John M. Viola, NIAF President   "On behalf of the National Italian American Foundation Board of Directors, we send our warmest congratulations to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in his re-election victory, and to Bill de Blasio, who was overwhe...

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by Jennifer Fermino, Kenneth Lovett   Mayor de Blasio still has Gov. Cuomo's back. The mayor said Wednesday he's been too busy to focus on allegations that Gov. Cuomo interfered with his anti-corruption commission - but branded the governor a "person of high integrity."   "I think he has a long and impressive history of being an...

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There was plenty of Italian-American pride at the Waldorf Astoria on Friday as Mayor Bill de Blasio was in the house to help the Columbian Lawyers Association, First Judicial Department recognize Hon. Frank Seddio with the Charles A. Rapallo and Justice Antonin Scalia Award during its 51st annual luncheon.   Not only was the Italian-American...

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Mayor Bill de Blasio, who frequently touts his Italian-American heritage, hosted a roundtable with members of the Italian media today, where he affirmed his commitment to his ancestral homeland and was asked whether he would consider getting involved in Italy's upcoming elections.   "I am committed to using everything I have to invest in Ita...

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Mr. Mayor, you should eat these with a fork. Pisillo's is the Carnegie Deli of panini. Its blimp-sized productions come way too big for human hands - even if you're 6-foot-5.   For the rest of us, utensils will ensure you won't miss a morsel of masterpieces like Hizzoner's fave - the Roma ($11.90), a smoky, chewy stack of succulent porc...

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Celebratory corks were popped in the southern Italian town of Sant' Agata de' Goti to toast Italian-American Bill de Blasio's landslide victory in the Big Apple's mayoral race. De Blasio's maternal grandfather hailed from the town near Naples almost a century ago, and he still has cousins there today. Dozens of people gathered in the town's former...

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By Jen Kirby   Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo deigned to have dinner with each of their least favorite people Tuesday night — each other. According to reports, the two metin Manhattan for a (no longer secret and probably pretty awkward) meal to try to seeif they could work out their differences andstop passive-aggressively sn...

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New York giudica i primi cento giorni dell'amministrazione Bill de Blasio. E non si tratta di una promozione a pieni voti. Anzi, il giudizio è fatto di luci ed ombre.   Luci per le aspettative e le speranze che il suo messaggio di uguaglianza e giustizia sociale continua ad alimentare, ombre per le sue incerte capacità "manageriali", per i d...

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New York mayor Bill de Blasio will next week become an honorary citizen of Grassano, a town in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. Francesco Sanseverino, the proud mayor of Grassano, where de Blasio's grandmother was born, was quoted in Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno as saying that the honour was being bestowed on the New Yorker due to the "f...

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Last summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio paid homage his Italian roots with a nine-day family vacation to his ancestral homeland that garnered widespread media attention.   This month, he's making a much shorter journey to the New York University Kimmel Center in Manhattan to honor his maternal heritage.   Read more   Source: htt...

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